I guess for today's theme in the New 31 Days Challenge we'll see a lot of the new sand OPIs... I HATE IT! Well, I don't like Opi at all and those sands don't make anything better for a brand I already dislike. So I decided to go for something completely different. A layered tape mani.

As usual I had to mess it up and I used a little too big of a dotter for the gold studs. I actually should have used those tiny studs, but I don't have any. Yet.

Anyway, I started with Takko Lacquer - The Electric Apple: NYC a gorgeous medium gray creme with tons of golden shimmer in it. It was a tiny bit too thick but a couple drops of thinner made it perfect. It's a one coater and its so beautiful...

I then used some tape on my nails and I covered them with two more coats of the same polish. Being a little bit thick only made things a lot easier in the texture area. I removed the tape and applied a thin coat of Seche Vite Top Coat. Maybe I should have not use a top coat at all and the texture would have been a lot more extreme. But I can't live without my top coat. I need to use it no matter what...

Well, at least I didn't top-coated the dots... I used Essence - A Piece Of Forever from the recently released Breaking Dawn (Twilight) collection, and I placed a dot in all the tape's junctions. It didn't turn out too perfect, but I like the final result. I hope you do too.

I love this!!! It reminds me of a quilt!!LOL at your ongoing hate of OPI haha!! And you won't be seeing it from me!!! I've got Elevation Polish for that occasion!!! About time I started using some of the awesome indies!!!

first of all, i LOVE this mani! i have been wanting to do this for awhile, but just haven't gotten around to it. second of all, you are so wrong for not loving sands as much as i do. lol just kidding, but seriously you will be proud that i did NOT use my new sand polish. (: